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Relationships are tricky. Especially when they are made up of two vastly different people, with vastly different views, from vastly different walks of life. But sometimes, none of those things matters — not when you have an old Swedish cookie recipe to bring you two together. Let me explain. In this case, one is a suburban-raised, red-as-they-come Republican homebody who hates travelling and loves little furry things with paws. The other is a globetrotting, blue-as-a-bluebell

It’s fair to say that one of the nation’s favourite Lockdown activities was baking, judging from the scores of homemade banana loaves and sourdough posts flooding my Instagram feed. At one point, supermarkets were running so low on essential baking ingredients that flour felt like gold dust. And it wasn’t just my social media bombarding me with #bakinginspo- daytime television was awash with cooking and baking shows too, which I eagerly lapped up to fill my boredom. I watched

Credits: Bo Nguyen During the first lockdown, it seemed like everyone, young and old, was flocking to the kitchen. Even some of my friends who barely knew how to make sunny side up eggs were making all kinds of breads and other quarantine-friendly dishes. But for some reason I found myself cooking significantly less. I associated cooking with happy feelings and circumstances, so this surely was not the right time. Lacking energy and motivation, I was mainly trying to survive